--- Vasiliy <vassun at gmail.com> wrote: > There is a fundamental difference between Linux user > and Solaris customers.
Ah yes. Please keep Solaris in a niche. I love this attitude. > > Linux is more for Unix ethusiasts who want all > latest changes now! And if it break something - so > what? Tell that to IBM, HP and all the rest too. And their corporate Linux customers too. I am sure they have this 'ooh something broke! nah no problem.' Roll back must be non-existent in the minds of Unix enthusiasts (they are too dumb) and Solaris users (never need to) > > Solaris is used by big corporations, banks etc. > Corporate IT do not like changes if they do not need > them. Many of them has procedure to test new > software for like 3 monthes before they deploy it > over enterprise and so they like to have certain fix > and nothing else new. If they get all bunch of new > changes then they have to run 3 month test again. Pity some of those moved to Linux. > > Can you see difference between one of my home > computer being down for day because of some new > staff I yamed is not working and ATM server for big > bank is not working for the day? Yawn. Those banks in Hong Kong that use Linux must be loco. > > This is just matter of responsibility. Patching > solution for Solaris was evolved in what it is now > by customer requests and so serve them well for > quite some time. Please do go on and on about the uber corporate IT customers. I find it hilarious that there are those who term Linux admins and engineers 'enthusiasts' and yet we have others coming out saying 'make Solaris a better Linux than Linux'. All this time Linux has been slowly eating into the Solaris 'market' (for lack of a better term at this moment) and what do you guys do? Board yourself up and pretend Linux does not exist. Good luck getting new blood. The only reason I am seriously giving Open Solaris a try is because it promises to be more stable (no, this is not my desktop). I wonder how many other Linux users will put up with this nonsense of being regulated to the kindergarten corner. I do not care about how marvelous ZFS is. It is not a make it or bust tool. I can survive fine on Linux software raid and lvm. Guess what, that goes for the rest of the great tools that are currently only Solaris specific. If Linux ever becomes as stable as Solaris, you chums can enjoy your little corner of the big IT world. yours, Solaris newbie and Unix enthusiast. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
